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Rory McIlroy: “Take that GolfWRX,” and why he said it

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9 years ago

Sep 20, 2017

Rory McIlroy recently appeared on the No Laying Up podcast to discuss all manner of things. Around 20 minutes into the interview, the conversation turned to the Ulsterman’s equipment, leading ultimately to a mention of our fair website.

Now, to understand why Rory McIlroy would jokingly say, “Take that GolfWRX,” you need a bit (OK, a lot) of context.

In early February, GolfWRX member lovedoctor started a thread titled “Rory McIlroy to sign with Callaway in 2017.” Not difficult to guess what the good doctor’s central claim was, which he attributed to information from “a reliable source.”

McIlroy had been without an equipment deal since Nike’s departure from that space in August of last year. Speculation was rampant about where Rory would land, especially after the golfer tested equipment in Dubai at the end of last year.

On the second page of the thread, Chris Solomon of No Laying Up joined the discussion by replying to lovedoctor’s initial post with: “This is simply not true. Rory will not be signing a deal in 2017.”

Soly’s source for that particular information was almost certainly McIlroy himself. And, as McIlroy lays out in the NLU podcast, he had planned to remain a free agent for 2017. However, that effort turned out to be more trouble than it was worth, and he was rumored to be unhappy with his golf ball at the Masters.

One thing led to another, McIlroy publicly swooned over TaylorMade’s TP5x ball, and he signed a full bag deal with TMag in May.

So, Soly was ultimately wrong, in a sense, (so was lovedoctor) but he told the truth as he’d heard it straight from the horse’s mouth at the time.

Thus, you have the convoluted context for why Rory McIlroy mentioned GolfWRX. You can hear the exchange around 24 minutes into the podcast.

And thanks for the shout-out, Rors!

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16 Comments

Bosa

Sep 24, 2017 at 2:44 pm

Rory mcilroy is the ugliest human being on the planet.

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Jacked_Loft

Sep 23, 2017 at 4:19 am

I don’t believe it. Something written in golfwrx was incorrect.

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Speedy

Sep 21, 2017 at 8:55 pm

Rors, least-liked pro golfer?

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TheCityGame

Sep 21, 2017 at 12:14 pm

The best was in Part 2 when Rory said that if he could be anyone in the world for a week, he’d pick this stud horse that rides mares 4 times a day and gets $500,000 per nut.

lovedoctor predicted he was going to say Tiger Woods.

He was half right.

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- Barry
  
  Sep 21, 2017 at 7:39 pm
  
  That about sums it up for Rory, lol
  
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Irma

Sep 21, 2017 at 2:21 am

Still wearing girly Nike clothes tough, Rors. How about introducing some other cool men’s athletic clothing company about now?

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moses

Sep 20, 2017 at 3:54 pm

Thanks for the shout out Rory. Just gives the sight more exposure and legitimacy. 😀

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Andrew

Sep 20, 2017 at 1:15 pm

Hey Rory! Since we now know you read WRX, know this: We can smell little man syndrome half a world away. And it’s always about the money.

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- GolfCodeWeekly
  
  Sep 20, 2017 at 6:31 pm
  
  We?
  
  Unless you are referring to yourself?
  
  Your post just makes you look like a hater, jealous of his success
  
  Rory has a great attitude
  
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  - Andrew
    
    Sep 21, 2017 at 2:02 pm
    
    Autofail for using the cliches hater and jealous. I’ve never seen your name before. We, is not you. Success? Attitude? These words are too big for you. Please step away from the grown-up table.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1zNbKfUwTE
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSi1C9yTwJE
    
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- Speedy
  
  Sep 21, 2017 at 8:57 pm
  
  Right on, Andrew.
  
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Old Gaffer

Sep 20, 2017 at 1:05 pm

I love those rusty TM wedges. Why don’t they also make their irons rusty too?
Chrome plating is a horrid environmentally with the heavy metals and electricity.
Make them all naturally raw forgings!

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- Brian
  
  Sep 21, 2017 at 10:15 am
  
  Most consumers don’t want their iron sets to rust. Wedges are replaced regularly compared to the typical golfer’s iron sets.
  
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  - Big J
    
    Jan 17, 2018 at 12:12 am
    
    Really? I’ve had four sets of irons since I last changed my wedges. Must just be me.
    
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Chris B

Sep 20, 2017 at 12:49 pm

Well you can’t really swoon over a 10 million a year deal in public, so the ball will have to do.

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RobertMuellerIII

Sep 20, 2017 at 11:59 am

….and subsequently “lovedoctor” banished himself from the site, complaining of unfair targeting by the mods. The PXG challenge was withdrawn, too…

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Rory McIlroy who won the Masters back in April is a +800 shot to complete half of the calendar slam at Aronimink Golf Club this week, while Jordan Spieth can be backed at +5900 to become a career grand slam winner.

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Xander Schauffele +1850
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Jason Day +9600
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